Question

Using django 1.4 and have seen that when you use startproject it now creates a folder within your project with the same name.

-myproject/
           manage.py
           myproject/
                    settings.py
                    urls.py

Documented change here

Previously for my urls I could input

ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'

But that no longer works. Am I now supposed to prefix this with project name? i.e.

ROOT_URLCONF = 'myproject.urls'

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In my urls.py I’d import settings but now I have to prefix it with from myproject import settings.

I thought prefixing variables with the project name was against django standards as it breaks reuseability?

Answer 1

Yes, prefix ROOT_URLCONF with your project name:

ROOT_URLCONF = 'myproject.urls'

You shouldn’t import settings directly anyway (see Using settings in Python code). Instead, use the following, which works for both the old and new project layouts.

from django.conf import settings